This set of files accompanies the following paper: 

Marc L. Busch and Eric Reinhardt, "Geography, International Trade, and
Political Mobilization in U.S. Industries," working paper, January 2000.
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/research/geoconII.pdf

See also:

Marc L. Busch and Eric Reinhardt, "Industrial Location and Protection:
The Political and Economic Geography of U.S. Nontariff Barriers,"
American Journal of Political Science 43:3 (July 1999), 1028-1050.

Please see http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~erein/ or
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mbusch/ for updates of the document or
associated data files.

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README.TXT              this file
NES88.DTA               Stata 4.0 format data file, individual-level analysis using NES 1988 survey
CPS90.DTA               Stata 4.0 format data file, individual-level analysis using CPS Nov 1990 survey
CPS90-NONMANUFACTURING.DTA Stata 4.0, CPS Nov 90 survey, just individuals NOT affiliated with manufacturing industries
INDUSTRY.DTA            State 4.0, industry-level observations, 79 industry groups, with PAC representation variables
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The zipfile, geoconII-xls.zip, contains instead the following set of files:

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README.TXT              this file
NES88.XLS               Excel 97 data file, individual-level analysis using NES 1988 survey
CPS90.XLS               Excel 97, individual-level analysis using CPS Nov 1990 survey
CPS90-NONMANUFACTURING.CSV  ASCII comma-deliminted file, CPS Nov 90 survey, just individuals NOT affiliated with manufacturing industries
INDUSTRY.XLS            Excel 97, industry-level observations, 79 industry groups, with PAC representation variables
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